John R. Miles

ja kuulemme vahvasti tunteemme arvoa ja kuulemme, miten näkökulma ja tuottaminen kestävät ympäristöä. Sitten viikonloppuna Robin Kaslewitz tuotti meidät posttraumaattiseen perintöön, joka rikkii kylmyksiä ympäristön painoa ja luo eläminen turvallisuuteen.

and forging belonging for our children and our inner child through intentional presence and repair. Together they point to a profound truth. Significance is the architecture we reveal in silence, but meaning is the binding agent we apply together, often without ever saying a word.

Yleensä ajattelemme tarkoituksen kuin jotain, jota käsittelemme. Puhumme olemisesta vastauksistamme. Olemme yrittäneet jättää suuret suunnitelmiamme, jota olemme yrittäneet jättää. Pidämme vuosia rakentamassa näitä sanoja, rehoitamassa niitä, puhumassa niitä äänellä, ajattelemme, että jos voimme nimenomaan nimenomaan nimenomaan nimenomaan nimenomaan nimenomaan nimenomaan nimenomaan nimenomaan nimenomaan nimenomaan

Mutta jos katsotaan pitkästä historiasta ja monesta nykyisestä elämästä, nähdään, että sanat eivät aina pysy, vaan silmät yhdessä niiden välissä. Ilman yhdistelmää, vihreimmät esitykset maailmassa ovat vain vihreä vihreä.

vulnerable in our own lives we call that feeling quiet disconnection a haunting suspicion that while we have said all the right things we are still one unspoken moment away from it all coming undone today we move from the words of silence between them we move from the meaning we try to speak the meaning that speaks itself through presence before we dive in a quick note on a project that mirrors these themes of significance and belonging

We often spend our adult lives trying to rediscover the value we should have been anchored in as children. My new children's book, You Matter, Luma, which is coming out on February 24th, is a bridge to that truth. A reminder that your significance isn't earned by performance, it's a fact of your existence. You can pre-order it now at Barnes & Noble or YouMatterLuma.com.

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Katsokaa tätä. Se oli lämpöinen päivä Austinissa. Tällainen, jossa ilma jää läpi järjestelmää ja eläviä oikkoja laittavat pitkän vahvistuksen ympäristöön. Minun isäni Carolyn ja minä kävelimme ympäristöön yhdessä. Hän puhui herran, minun isäni. Hänellä oli pysyvää urheilua, kun hän puhui ympäristöön hänen ympäristöön.

ja pysyivät häntä yhdessä vanhempiaan, ja käsittelevät häntä rakkaudesta, jota hän piti kouluttaa. Kun hän puhui, hänen näytti pysyviin veteen, ja aina hänen käsi pysyviin minuun. Tuo yksinkertaisuus tuntui kaikkein.

I had no idea, none of us did, that this would be one of our last walks together. She died three days later. In that moment, the words were just the surface. The real inheritance was happening underneath, the rhythm of our footsteps.

The stillness of the lake was a transfer of meaning that didn't need a dictionary. She passed on belonging, inheritance and love through the simple fact of being there together. It was a knowing soaked into the body and the silence between sentences. The lake, the path.

brushing hand these things acted as the glue holding it all the words were the surface the real passing happened underneath that walk showed a basic truth the strongest meaning often comes without words it adjusts itself through being present through relationship through the quiet spots where words fade something deeper connects right to us carolyn's attention to my nephew was a living example

of making sure I would last long after she was gone. The meaning steadied itself in the sense of ongoing care, the unspoken promise that someone would keep going what mattered. This is what Dr. Lisa Miller calls the awakened brain. When I interviewed her in episode 532, she spoke about her fMRI research at Columbia University, where she discovered that we have a built-in sensing system of significance.

When we are in that state of deep connection, like that walk by the lake, our brain bypasses the narrow paths of regular language and activates a higher powered neural circuit that handles stress and hope differently. When this link turns on, the system handles stress in a new way. Hope holds steady during tough times. A life feels full of purpose, even without words to back it up. Two people can do the same thing, yet feel totally different levels of purpose.

based on whether the sensing path stays clear and gets blocked by clutter. The reset starts purposely cutting back that clutter. When presence does the passing, when the silence between sentences holds what words by themselves can't keep up, meaning steadies the whole setup from the inside. That kind of quiet, wordless passing shows up in everyday life more than we think. Lisa's work points to why it happens.

our brains have this built-in way to pick up on connection and purpose often completely outside of language when it kicks in stress eases up hope holds steady and life starts feeling like it matters even on tough days the same situation can feel empty to one person and full of meaning to another it comes down to whether that inner channel is clear

The brain is wired to notice threats first. That's what kept our ancestors alive. So it tends to amplify negatives and let positives slide by. That default setting creates a lot of inner noise. Endless thinking, comparing, worrying.

Suuri ääni rauhoittaa rauhoittumisen ja huolehtiminen. Silloin rauhoittuminen alkaa. Se tuntee, että kaikki näyttää hyvältä ulkona, mutta sisällä se tuntuu huonolta. Carolynin kävely on täydellinen esimerkki toisistaan. Hän osallistui huolehtiminenni viime aikoina, ja huolehtiminen tuli hänelle, hänen näkökulmastaan, hänen läheisyydessään. Ei ollut tarpeeksi tarkoitus. Tämä tarkoitus loppui, koska kanava oli avattu. Kysymys hänen kertoistaan

Let the real transmission happen. We can open that channel more often than we think. It starts with small things, like slowing down to notice what's around you. Really being with someone in a moment. Taking a second at the end of the day to remember one thing that felt meaningful. These habits cut the noise.

and let the deeper sense of purpose come through. Before we continue, I want to pause for a moment. Conversations like this offer insight. Reflections turn insight into integration. Inside the Ignited Life, our substack, each episode in the Meaning Makers series is paired with guided prompts and tools designed to help you notice the quiet spaces. Open to presence.